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On 22 November 2019, the heads of the nine EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies met at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. The topics of discussion were as follows:Implementation of the New Strategic Agenda 2019-2024;State-of-play of the interoperability project;Common efforts in …

At the end of November 2019, FRA published a paper looking into the fundamental rights challenges involved when public authorities deploy live facial recognition technology for law enforcement purposes.According to the paper, the following key aspects should be considered before deploying facial recognition technology …

In December 2019, FRA published a report on criminal detention conditions in the EU.The report responds to the Commission’s request to compile certain basic information on prison conditions and existing monitoring mechanisms in Member States. FRA stresses that the report does not intend …

FRA offers a new database on detention conditions in all 28 EU Member States on its website. This new Criminal Detention Database 2015-2019 offers information about selected core aspects of detention conditions such as cell space, sanitary conditions, access to healthcare, and protection against violence. …

On 4 December 2019, the new Frontex Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 entered into force. The main features are summarised in the press release of 4 December 2019.The Regulation includes the following strengthening objectives for Frontex:Develop integrated planning such as capability development planning, contingency planning, …

On 5 November 2019, Eurojust and the European Judicial Network (EJN) published a joint report with the aim of assisting practitioners in determining whether a case should be directed to Eurojust or to the EJN.The report outlines the following items:Criteria for …

At the end of November, Eurojust had coordinated its 100th action days since 2011. The 100 action days resulted in 3355 searches; the seizure of more than €210 million in cash, luxury cars and jewellery; and halted criminal activities worth nearly €2 billion. During the …

Following the entry into force of its new Regulation, the College of Eurojust adopted new rules of procedure for Eurojust on 20 December 2019. The rules of procedure outline further functions as well as the election and dismissal procedures of the President and …

On 12 December 2019, Eurojust officially became the European Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, with its new Regulation taking effect the same day (see also eucrim news of 18 February 2019). Novelties set into motion under the Regulation EU) 2018/1727 include a new …

On 14 November 2019, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published his inspection report on Europol’s compliance with Article 4 of the TFTP Agreement (Agreement between the EU and the USA on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the EU to the …